3.3 ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lyons · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Lyons
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes have become more common in Lyons since 2011, with the typical household now holding 3.3 people. This makes the area's homes much larger than the national figure. It is a place where very few people live by themselves.
3.3
▲ +6.5%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Lyons — higher than 97% of areas.
| Lyons | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 0810, NT | 2.7 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often full, with 28% of households containing four people and 11.9% having five. Only 8.4% of people live alone, a figure that is far below the Northern Territory average and has fallen since 2011.
8.4% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lyons splits fairly evenly between 4 people (28%) and 2 people (25%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Lyons are couples with children, who make up 77.5% of the total. One-parent families account for just 5.9%, which is well below the national figure, though this has risen slightly since 2011.
5.9% ▲ +43.4%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lyons, Couples with children is the majority at 77%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lyons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701021021/lyons/topic/family-households